Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 40, User Manual

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To a large extent, the life of a sail depends on regular maintenance. As soon as the sailing
season is over and, preferably, before winter, leave your sails to a sail-maker to obtain
efficient maintenance and repairs.
Set the sails properly at sea in order to achieve the optimum adaptation to the forces to
be taken and reduce harmful stresses on the fabrics.
Avoid wear and tears by means of chafing pieces on pointed accessories (spreaders, stan-
chions, etc.),
Between two trips at sea, don’t forget to slack off the halyards on sails on furler and main
sail foot,
Obtain a sail-maker ’s kit and instructions to find out how to perform emergency repairs
pending assistance by a sail-maker.
CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE
Rinse the sails with fresh water from time to time and dry as soon as possible (mould fun-
gus is there to stay).
Don’t dry the sails in the lee on the mast, since shaking wears away the seams and the sail
may be torn off by the rigging.
All stains can be removed with trichloroethylene but rinsing with water is mandatory.
SAILS
rig and sails